Revest-les-Roches
| Revest-les-Roches | ||
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View of the village on the way to Bonson | ||
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  Revest-les-Roches | ||
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Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region  Revest-les-Roches | ||
| Coordinates: 43°52′53″N 7°09′29″E / 43.8814°N 7.1581°ECoordinates: 43°52′53″N 7°09′29″E / 43.8814°N 7.1581°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | |
| Department | Alpes-Maritimes | |
| Arrondissement | Nice | |
| Canton | Roquesteron | |
| Intercommunality | Vallée de l'Estéron | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor (2014–2020) | René Goldoni | |
| Area1 | 8.61 km2 (3.32 sq mi) | |
| Population (2012)2 | 211 | |
| • Density | 25/km2 (63/sq mi) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 06100 / 06830 | |
| Elevation |
138–1,524 m (453–5,000 ft) (avg. 853 m or 2,799 ft) | |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | ||
Revest-les-Roches is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.
Its inhabitants are called Revestois.
Toponomy
The name of the village, as it was forst recorde in 1007 (Revestis), is from the Occitan revèst, a variant of revers, and signifies a site exposed to the north.[1]
Population
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1962 | 40 | — |
| 1968 | 25 | −37.5% |
| 1975 | 25 | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 49 | +96.0% |
| 1990 | 122 | +149.0% |
| 1999 | 162 | +32.8% |
| 2005 | 192 | +18.5% |
| 2006 | 197 | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 212 | +7.6% |
| 2012 | 211 | −0.5% |
See also
References
- ↑ Ernest Nègre, Toponymie générale de la France : étymologie de 35 000 noms de lieux, vol. 2 : Formations non-romanes ; formations dialectales, Geneva, Librairie Droz, coll. « Publications romanes et françaises » (no 194), 1996, 676 p. (ISBN 978-2-600-00133-5), § 22391, p 1199
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